17 FEBRUARY 1900, page 16

Suggested British Rifle League.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In your last Saturday's " News of the Week " referring to Mr. W. A. Baillie Grohman's valuable letter suggesting the formation of a......

Dryden And The Dutch.

[TO THE EDITOR. OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—These few lines of Dryden's in his "Satire on the Dutch" may not possibly be inappropriate to some English- men at the present time :—......

The Need Of Compulsory Service.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I have long believed, and feared, that the first con- siderable war would find our military system utterly inadequate. Great Britain,......

Mr. Rhodes And The Nationalist Members.

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—.."4 propos of your reference in the Spectator of February 10th to the fact that the Irish members cheered Mr. Courtney when he......

The Shooting Of Mr. Mclachlan.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, —Yon have called on "those who desire to supply accu- rate information as to South Africa affairs" to confirm or deny the fact, asserted......

Home Defence.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, —One way in which the War Office has thrown over men, who would be useful now, has been their refusal to encourage a Reserve of......

A Disclaimer.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.1 SIR, —In the kindly notice of my book, "Lady Nairne and her Songs,"which appeared in the columns of the Spectator of February 10th, the......

Aid For The Volunteers.

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, It was suggested—I think in your paper—that a man unable himself to take part in the war might meet the expenses in whole or in part of......